Análisis a las Barreras Comunicativas de la Comunidad Sorda de Sogamoso, Boyacá.

Abstract

Over the years, the Deaf community has been relegated to a marginal space within the municipality of Sogamoso, as the social dynamics of the “City of the Sun” revolve around hearing. It is no secret that, due to their auditory limitations, people who are hard of hearing must change their communicative model to a dactyl–manual one: the Colombian Sign Language (LSC). Thanks to this language, Deaf individuals are able to express themselves without using spoken Spanish; instead, they rely on their hands, facial expressions, and body movements to communicate. This shift in the mode of expression has led to a clear impact on the interaction between hearing and Deaf people, particularly due to communicative barriers. These barriers arise when a hearing person, lacking any type of training in LSC, attempts to establish communication with a member of the Deaf community; the hearing society’s lack of knowledge about LSC deepens these obstacles. As a result, the Deaf community is often unable to fully exercise its rights, as in many everyday situations they must inevitably face a society that is not prepared to create strategies enabling their integration into social dynamics. This project aimed to analyze the main communicative barriers faced by the Deaf community in Sogamoso and to understand how these barriers affect the way they exercise their rights and live their daily lives.